THE CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO 1979

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our oil wealth to the multinationals. We changed that and will ensure that this energy wealth is developed

these past five years, as the manifesto shows. In an uncertain world suffering the worst economic trouble Use our campaign for a better environment to provide the basis of secured employment, eg in pollutionAn analysis of the election result showed that the Conservatives gained an 11% swing among the skilled working class (the C2s) and a 9% swing amongst the unskilled working class (the DEs). [14] introduction of a scheme which will ensure within the lifetime of the next Parliament that no one shall be

Parkhouse, Geoffrey (4 April 1979). "Geoffrey Parkhouse, Political Editor, writes". The Glasgow Herald. p.1 . Retrieved 3 July 2021. The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the House of Commons.

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meet, youngsters in search of a job, children learning in out of date classrooms, patients queuing for a The 1970s saw the breakdown of the post-war consensus. The election of Margaret Thatcher was the final blow that brought the consensus to a definitive end. The 1979 UK general election ushered in the tide of Thatcherism, which came to define the period from Thatcher’s win of the 1979 general election to 1990 when she resigned. It also marked the end of ‘Old Labour’. The politics of the Labour Party changed after Thatcher’s premiership: no longer was Labour the party of nationalisation and trade union power. In the late 1980s, a New Labour was formed in the long shadow of Thatcherism. Now, more than ever, we need Labour's traditional values of cooperation, social justice, and fairness. This